David Collins
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales - Night Scene
Subtitle: with remarks on the Dispositions,
Customs, Manners, &c. of the Native Inhabitants of that
Country. To which are added, some particulars of New Zealand;
compiled, by permission, from the Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor
King.
volume 1, 1798
...and an account of a voyage performed by Captain Flinders and
Mr Bass; by which the existence of a Strait separating Van Dieman's
Land from the continent of New Holland was ascertained...
volume 2, 1802
T. Cadell Jr & W. Davies, London, publishers
A. Strahan, London, printer, vol.2
Thomas Watling, artist (possible)
E.Dayes, J.Heath, S.J.Neele, engravers
These volumes are described as the first history of New South
Wales, the plates giving topographically accurate views of the
Sydney landscape of the 1790s. The plates are highly
regarded, believed to be after sketches by convict artist Thomas
Watling, who also worked for John White. The plates in the
appendix are considered the earliest ethnographically accurate
portrayal of Aboriginal inhabitants following settlement.